Coin-controlled machine



May 1.923.

WITTENBERG COIN CONTROLLED MACHINE Filed: June 8 1918 1 VIM Patented May 8, 1923.

UNITED Ar r ALEXANDER WITTENBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AUTOSALES CORPO- RATION, A CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

, COIN-CONTROLLED MACHINE.

Application filed June 8, 1918. Serial No. 238,825.

ToaZZ whom it may concern: on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the mount- Be it known that I, ALEXANDER WITTEN- ing of the locking bolt forth i b d BERG, a citizen of the United States, and a Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the adresident of New York, in the county of New justable locking bolt for the coin-box.

5 York and State of New York, have invented The outer casing of the machine comprises certain new and useful Improvements in side walls 1 (of which only one is shown), a Coin-Controlled Machines, of which the foltop 2, a bottom 3, and a front wall consisting lowing i a ifi ti of the removable sections 3, 4 and 5 The My invention relates generally to coinback of the casing is not shown in the 10 ontrolled machines and has for its object the drawings.

provision of safety means whereby the 'coin- The section 3 is inreality the front panel box into which the deposited coins drop is of the machine which closes the upper secrendered inaccessible from the outside of the tion of'the casing where the magazines are i'nachine, even should certain parts ofthe "arranged; This panel, which usually car- 15 outside casing be forcibly wrenc-hed off ries a lookiiig glass or suitable advertising by an unscrupulous person. matter, is, locked in place on the casing by F or this purpose I provide a locking any suitable means, which I have not deemed mechanism for the coin-box to hold the latit necessary to illustrate, as the same will be ter in an inaccessible position and prevent well understood. i movement of the same into an accessible po- The part which I have. called the section sition, even if a portion of the front wall of 4, is in the form of a top plate which is horithe casing be broken away This locking zontally slidable between the. sidesof the mechanism is so arranged that it cannot be casing. This top plate is locked in posimoved into position to release the coin-box tion on the casing by the front panel 3 when 25 unless a certain section of the front wall of the latter is in normal position. This interthe casing be removed. locking between the panel 8 and the top In the preferred form of my invention, the plate 4.1nay be carried out in any suitable front wall of the casing consists of three way. In thedrawing I have. shown the removable sections,.which are so constructed plate 4 provided with an upwardly standing and arranged that the uppermost section lug 6 at the rear, which abuts against the must first be removed before the intermelower edge of the front panel 3, thereby diate section can be removed, and the interlocking the plate 4 against removal. The

mediate section must be removed before the top plate 4 preferably slides in grooves- (not lower section can be. removed. The locking shown) in the sides 1 of the casing.

mechanism for the coin-box cannot be The part 5, which I have, calledthelowmoved into unlocking position until the inermost section of the front wall of the castermediate section has been removed, and ing, is a front plate of suitableconstructhe unlocked coin-box cannot be moved into ftion which .iSwlOCkd against removal by accessible position until the lowermost section the top plate 4. In the drawing, I have of the front wall of the casing has been shown the .front plate 5 provided at its removed. Therefore, before access can be lower end with a casting 7, which is formed had to the coin-box, it is necessary that all with a discharge opening 8 through which three sections of the front wall of the casing the ejected goods reach the purchaser. The

be removed. This, of course, is only' done casting 7 is at itslower end formed with by the authorized attendant in charge of the -lugs 9 which extend into the bottom '3 of machine. the casing. The top plate. 4 is at its front The objects and advantages of my'mapreferably provided with adepending flange chine will become apparent from the 'de- 10 which protects the joint between the top tailed descriptions of the accompanying plate 4 and the front plate 5.

drawings in Which- 7 It will be clear from the foregoing, that Fig. l-shows a cross-section, partly broken before the top plate 4 can be slid forwardly,

away, of a machine embodying my inven-, the panel 3 must .be removed, and before the tion; I front plate 5 can "be lifted out of engage- Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in plan taken ment with the. bottom 3 of the casing, the

and held in fixed position and '22, which have sition, and it is normally locked top plate at must be removed. The interlocking of these three sections may, of course, be carried out in other ways than that shown.

In the chamber formed by the side walls of the casing and the plates t and 5, is located suitable coin-controlled mechanism which I have indicated as a whole by As this mechanism forms no part of my invention, I have not deemed it necessary to describe the same in detail. I will only say, that when a suitable coin is deposited through the coin-slot 11 in thetop plate 4:, the same is received in the coin-seat 12 of the mechanism, and when the coin-seat is then pushed rearwardly by means of the plunger 13, the coin in the coin-seat 12 acts upon the pin 14 of the pivoted member 15 to cause ejection of the articles from the magazine. For further details of this ejecting mechanism, reference may be had to Cook Patent No. 627,685, issued June 27, 1899. Any suitable form of coin-controlled mechani'sin may be used. The hand-plunger 13 extendsthroughan opening 16 in the front plate 5, and this-opening is sufliciently large to allow the lugs or pins 9 to be lifted out of the bottom 3 of the casing without distui' bing the mechanism M, which is rigidly mounted in the casing. If desired, the front plate 5 may be locked to the rigid framework of the coin-controlled mechanism by means of-one or more hooks 17, which are pivotally connected to the upper end of the front plate 5'.

Belowthe coin-controlled mechanism M is mounted the coin-box indicated as a whole C. In the drawings I have shown this coin box slidably mounted between the side walls of the casing, grooves or channels 18 being provided for that purpose. As the coins aredischarged from the mechanism M after they have performed their intended function, they drop into the coin-box C from which the attendant then collects them at certain intervals. As seen from Fig. 1, coin-box C'is normally in an inaccessible poin this position by "a locking mechanism which in the present instance I have illustrated in the form of a bolt B. This bolt is mounted in a suitable bracket, indicated as a whole by K, k in any suitable way. In the drawings I have shown the bracket K secured to a fixed cross-bar 19 by means of bolts-or screws 20. The bracket K is provided with upper and lower arms 21 aligned openings through which the bolt B extends. lower end of the bolt B engages or rests close to the lug 23 of the coin-box C, whereby the latter is locked against forward movement. The-upper end 2a of the locking bolt Bis shown in the form of a horizontal extension which rests in close proximity to the top plate 4;, whereby upward movement of M. the front panel 3, then the the bolt into releasing position is impossible as long as the plate 4 remains in normal position on the casing.

It will be clear from the foregoing, that in order to gain access to the contents of the coin-box C, the attendant must first remove slide out the top the front plate 5, and in releasing position,

plate 4, then lift out then lift the bolt B whereupon the coin-box may be slid fori wardly and its contents removed. If desired, the bolt B may be provided with a cross-pin 25 and a cross pin 26. The crosspin 25 limits the upward movement of the bolt. The cross-pin 26 prevents movement of the bolt into unlocking position unless the pin is first brought into alignment with the slot 27 in the arm 22 of the bracket K.

While I have herein shown and described a machine of particular construction, I would have it understood that my invention is not limited to the details herein set forth, it being obvious that changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a coincontrolled machine, a casing provided with a removable front panel adapted to be locked in place, a horizontally slidable top plate adapted tobe locked in place by said panel when the latter is in position on the casing, a vertically shiftable front plate extending below said top plate and locked against vertical movement by said top plate whn the latter is in position on the casing, a horizontally slidable coin-box below said top plate and back of said front plate, and a vertically movable bolt arranged between said top plate and said coin-box for normally locking the latter against forward movement, said bolt being locked against movement into releasing position said tojp'plate when the latter is in normal position.

2 In acoin-controlled machine, a casing provided with a removable front panel adapted to be locked in place, a top plate removably mounted on said casing and adapted to be locked in place by said panel when the latter is in position on the casing, a removable front plate extending below said top plate and adapted 'to be locked against removal by said top plate when the latter is in position on the casing, a movable coin-box mounted in said casing below said top plate and back of said front plate, coin-controlled mechanism arranged between said top plate and said coin-box, and a manually operablemember movably supported above said coin box and adapted normally to engage said box and thereby lock the same against movement, said looking means being movable into unlocking position only after removal of said top plate, whereby said coin-box is movable into accessible position only when said top plate and said front plate are removed.

3. n a coin-controlled machine, a casing provided with a removable front panel adapted to be locked in place, a horizontally slidable top plate adapted to be locked in place by said panel when the latter is in position on the casing, a removable front plate extending below said top plate and looked against removal by said top plate when the latter is in position on the easing, a horizontally slidable coin-box mounted below said top plate and back of said front plate, and manually operable means for locking said coin-box against forward movement, said locking means being movable into releasing position only after re.- moval of said top plate, whereby said coi11- box is movable into accessible position only when said top plate and said front plate are removed.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 3rd day of June, 1918.

' ALEXANDER WITTENBERG. 

